Hemming-gage.



m. 689,354. Paented nec; I7, |901.`

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HEMMING GAGE.

(Application led. July 30, 1901.)

( llo Model.)

UNITED 'STATES ATENT Fries.

MARI A. COL'ION, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF TVVO-THIRDS TOALEXANDER MONTVILLE AND LANDRY HARVVOOD, OF KANSAS CITY,

MISSOURI.

HEMMlNG-GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,354, dated December17, 1901- Applioation filed July 30, 1901. Serial No.. 70,233. (Nomodel.)

T @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that'I, MARI A. COLTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have inventedv certain new and useful Improvements in Hemming-Gage's,`of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a hemming-gage; and my object is to produce adevice of this v1o character whereby uniformity in thedepth of 2o derthat it may be fully understood reference is to be had totheaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of thehemming-gage as arranged to receive the fabric 2 5 to be hemmed. Fig. 2is an enlarged crosssection of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view ofthe gage as closed upon the fabric to be hemmed.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, 3o where likereference-numerals designate corresponding parts, l designates the topplate, and 2 the base-plate, of the gage, said plates being preferablyof oblong rectangular form and hinged together at one side margin, asshown at 3, this hinge providing an abutment for a purpose whichhereinafter appears. The top plate is provided with parallel series ofholes 4, extending from a point near the hinged margin toward theopposite or outer 4o margin and preferably obliquely in order that agreater number of holes may be provided between said margins than if theline extended across the plate at right angles to its length. Theseholes are numbered, consecutively, 1, 2, 3, 4, dsc., beginning with theholes nearest and the same distance from/the hinged margin in order thatlongitudinally-ahmed holes ofv the different series shall becorrespondingly numbered 5o for a purpose which hereinafter appears.

The base-plate is provided With indentations 5 in its upper side,arranged in oblique series and corresponding in number and relativeposition to the holes 4, so that when the top plate is folded downparallel with the base-plate, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, said holes andindentations 5 will register. It is to be understood that while theindentaions above referred to are desirable they are not absolutelynecessary tothe operation of 6o the device.

The u-pper side of top plate l is provided with a measuring-scale 6,extending transversely, the inner end of the scale coinciding with theabutment or hinge 3 in order that 65 when the inner edge of the fabric,as at a, is fitted properly between the plates and against the abutmentthe operator can determine at a glance in just what holes to stick themarker 7, which may simply be a pointed instrument 7o to formindentations in the fabric or apencil to mark the fabric, as shownvinFig. 2. vFor example, should it be desired to produce a hem an inch andfive-eighths deep the operator inserts her marker in each of the holes2l, so as to produce a mark or indentation thereon, according to thekind of fabric. In delicate fabrics, Where a pencil-mark would beobjectionable, the marker may simply be a pointed piece of wood, whichwill slightly 8o indent the fabric at the desired points. After thefabric is thus marked the top plate is thrown upward and the fabric slidlongitudinally through the device, so as to dispose a different portionon plate 2. The top plate is then folded down and the operation abovedescribed repeated, so that eventually the fabric will be provided witha series of marks or visible indentations from one end to the other anda uniform distance from the free 9o edge. The operator then turns up thehem along said line quickly and easily and completes the hem in theusual manner.

A device of this character to' be perfectly equipped for use inconnection with all sorts of fabrics may be provided with devices forpenetrating or pinching the fabric, and thereby eliminating allpossibility of slippage. These devices. will preferably be in the formof short pins 8 on plate 2 and indentations 9 too y imp 'ovedl1emming-gage handemminO1 i 'll be easier and the accomplished work Q reaccurately and margin tov; quickly, and it; will be understo f courseseries of inthat the ventio "susceptible of odiiczih with said holes.ion in m nor partie ars with nt; departin0 ge, comprisingy two plates 4orom L principle nd scope or sacriicinoF i margin and forming an x5 anyof 1t advantabes. In will b apparent efabricto behem ed, also that; t isgage can he used to equal adi t, aseri s of holes exvantage for masuriugr preparato 'y to cutting Len ing from said connected m rhintoward goods onlhe bias and for measuring for rulits opposite edge, andthe othe es of in- 45 fies. deutet-ions registering with said holes, anda 2o Heu/im.,r thus described the in vention, what marker for insertionthrough said holes, sub- Iclaim as new, nd desire to secure byLer/ersstantially as and for the purpose set forth. Paten r., is` n testimonywhereof I a x y signature 1. A h ing-gege, comprising vwo plates in hepresence l wo witnesses. connected at one side margin and forming an fARIE A. COI/FON. 25 abutmentthereat for Lhefabric to he hemmed,lVitnesses: V

one of sai( pl' t s having'parallel series of 0 es exte ding ohliqu lyof the plate, lhe

